Digitalizing Pictures

[The Green Bean]

I have quite a few pictures that I was thinking of digitalizing. But all options are quite expensive. My local photo shop asks for about 35c a print. Is there any cheaper way to do it?

 

[dnuggett]

you mean digitizing? Buy a scanner of decent quality if you don't want to pay someone else. Do you have the negs or just prints?

 

[The Green Bean]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
you mean digitizing? Buy a scanner of decent quality if you don't want to pay someone else. Do you have the negs or just prints?

just prints; negs is a lot cheaper to do.

 

[dnuggett]

I always scan off of negatives, so I don't know what the right price to pay for prints is. To me 35 cents a print sounds reasonable. If you are going to be doing a lot of prints, buying your own scanner would prob make the most sense over the long run. If you go that route I have heard good things about Minolta.

 

[bobdole369]

Best negative scanners are something like the nikon coolscan V ED. For scanning prints - Epson V500 is very nice and highly respected for scanning prints. Quite cheap at $250ish.

 

[ElFenix]

practically anything on the planet can do a decent job for prints. a $50 scanner with no backlight is probably indistinguishable from the best flatbed money can buy.